Signs from March on Washington anniversary

My favorite sign from the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 24 came from this family, sitting along the path of the march's path from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument. I think Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech Aug. 28, 1963, would agree.

More than a few signs at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 24 referenced slain teen Trayvon Martin. This NAACP sign called for support of Trayvon's Law, which would address profiling.

More than a few signs at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 24 referenced slain teen Trayvon Martin. His death and the subsequent acquittal of his shooter George Zimmerman sparked a national conversation on racial profiling.

This marcher didn't name Trayvon Martin, but his sign was a nod to the unarmed teen slain last year. He held this homemade sign high as thousands marched past the Martin Luther King memorial at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 24 in Washington.

Other marchers saw a link between the financial industry and racial injustice at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 24 in the nation's capitol.

Anger about North Carolina's dramatic restrictions on voting made it onto several signs at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 24. The Republican-controlled state took advantage of the recent U.S. Supreme Court's ruling decimating the Voters Right Act and will now limit early voting and same-day registration, require photo ID at the polls and make it more difficult for people to register before their 18th birthdays.

Anger about North Carolina's dramatic restrictions on voting made it onto several signs at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 24. The Republican-controlled state took advantage of the recent U.S. Supreme Court's ruling decimating the Voters Right Act and will now limit early voting and same-day registration, require photo ID at the polls and make it more difficult for people to register before their 18th birthdays.

The social justice agenda at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 24 was much the same as the demands issued at the original march on Aug. 28, 1963.

A graduate student at Tuskegee expands on the familiar civil rights movement chant - No Justice, No Peace - at the 50th anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 24 in Washington.